Great find. I've never seen a gut leader. Is it tied in sections?A good friend of mine has gifted me with a bunch of different stuff including some 1950's and 60's vintage Cortland Fly Line Cleaner tins. Cool stuff for the shelf. I'm guessing anything red would do for the tail. The original looks to me to be marabou. I'm hoping to try one tomorrow morning.Rg
Cool stuff for the collection.Love Flyanglersonline! What a great resource.I've tied some similar in olive and tan. No neck hackle. A dubbed head instead.Rg
Nope....honest first try. Did it at about 4:30 or so this morning. Here's what I did John.Start the thread at the eye and lay down a base to the tail. Tie in the tail. I used a bunch of red hen hackle fibers then trimmed them short like the sample.Tie in the black chenille at the mid point and secure it back to the tail. Bring the thread forward to the mid point. Wrap the black chenille to the midpoint and tie it down with several good wraps.Tie in a black hen saddle hackle about halfway back on the hackle and by the tip. Trim the excess hackle and take three or four wraps with the hackle.Tie down the hackle and trim the butt end away. Tie in a pair of legs on each side and end with your thread in front of the legs. At this point I took a couple of half hitches to secure the thread.Tie in the yellow chenille and carry the thread to the eye. Take one wrap with the chenille between the rubber legs then wrap to the eye and tie it off. I can do a gopro for it if needed.Rg
No problem John. Holler if you get stuck. Like I said, I can do a gopro video if you like. I should probably start making use of that thing anyway. Better yet you can stop by the house and I'll show you first hand Rg